Post by Paulie pchris00 on Oct 26, 2012 12:26:58 GMT -6
I was going to create an anonymous Youtube account to upload this video, then post here as an anonymous guest. Some of you would have known it was me either from my voice, or because we’ve talked about this before. In the first minute of this video, posting anonymously here becomes a moot point, since one of our members mentions my name, and does so again later. So, I decided to post it under my profile and will take the criticism.
First, I want to make a preface statement. Quite a few of you know I’m an atheist. I don’t believe in any gods. Most atheists would argue that being an atheist also means disbelieving in everything supernatural. I basically agree with that, except I would add that we disbelieve because of a lack of evidence.
Last November I met one of Northwest Indiana’s leading paranormal investigators at a random social meet-up. A few days later his group, Indiana Ghost Trackers, had a meeting, and I attended out of curiosity. I also joined. So far, I’ve been on seven hunts (which are more for fun, and open to the public. I haven’t been on a true investigation). Some members of my atheist group have a problem with me ghost hunting. I don’t see why they should. I’m not out to either prove or debunk the paranormal; merely observe reportedly haunted locations. Of the seven hunts I’ve been on, only two have had significant activity, at least from my point of view. I’m not going on hunts and simply saying, “Yep, this place is haunted.” I’m looking for evidence that a location is haunted. I don’t have much equipment for hunting ghosts, but I can monitor environmental data such as changes in electromagnetic frequency (EMF) activity and temperature changes (like cold spots). I can also try to capture electronic voice phenomena (EVP) with my camera. I try to gather data as objectively and scientifically as I can.
Saturday, October 20, I was on a hunt at a community center in an undisclosed Northwest Indiana city. While my first paranormal experience was far more intense, this month’s experience was better, in that I actually gathered evidence. The community center is a big building. On the first floor there was a birthday party going on, and some of the party noise was picked up in my video. We were given special permission to be in areas of the building that are normally inaccessible at that time. In a small stairway adjacent to a gym and a racketball court, we had several KII EMF meter hits when asking questions to a Mr. Sharp, the buildings former caretaker. Around the time the KII activity peaked, we heard a creaking or tapping directly above us, which I had already verified as unoccupied. A few minutes later, we went up to that area, and when I tried moving around where the floor had seemed to creak earlier, there was no creaking whatsoever. When I listened to the audio later, I heard an unidentified male voice right after we asked if Mr. Sharp was upstairs from us.
In my opinion, something paranormal happened in that stairway. I understand if you don’t believe my account. I’m the same way. Currently, I don’t believe humans have souls that live beyond physical death. But we’re made of energy, and I don’t think it’s too strange to think that somehow some of our energy might linger after we’re gone. Whatever the case may be, I think it’s worth looking into from an objective point of view. I’ll follow wherever the evidence I gather (or a lack of) leads.
First, I want to make a preface statement. Quite a few of you know I’m an atheist. I don’t believe in any gods. Most atheists would argue that being an atheist also means disbelieving in everything supernatural. I basically agree with that, except I would add that we disbelieve because of a lack of evidence.
Last November I met one of Northwest Indiana’s leading paranormal investigators at a random social meet-up. A few days later his group, Indiana Ghost Trackers, had a meeting, and I attended out of curiosity. I also joined. So far, I’ve been on seven hunts (which are more for fun, and open to the public. I haven’t been on a true investigation). Some members of my atheist group have a problem with me ghost hunting. I don’t see why they should. I’m not out to either prove or debunk the paranormal; merely observe reportedly haunted locations. Of the seven hunts I’ve been on, only two have had significant activity, at least from my point of view. I’m not going on hunts and simply saying, “Yep, this place is haunted.” I’m looking for evidence that a location is haunted. I don’t have much equipment for hunting ghosts, but I can monitor environmental data such as changes in electromagnetic frequency (EMF) activity and temperature changes (like cold spots). I can also try to capture electronic voice phenomena (EVP) with my camera. I try to gather data as objectively and scientifically as I can.
Saturday, October 20, I was on a hunt at a community center in an undisclosed Northwest Indiana city. While my first paranormal experience was far more intense, this month’s experience was better, in that I actually gathered evidence. The community center is a big building. On the first floor there was a birthday party going on, and some of the party noise was picked up in my video. We were given special permission to be in areas of the building that are normally inaccessible at that time. In a small stairway adjacent to a gym and a racketball court, we had several KII EMF meter hits when asking questions to a Mr. Sharp, the buildings former caretaker. Around the time the KII activity peaked, we heard a creaking or tapping directly above us, which I had already verified as unoccupied. A few minutes later, we went up to that area, and when I tried moving around where the floor had seemed to creak earlier, there was no creaking whatsoever. When I listened to the audio later, I heard an unidentified male voice right after we asked if Mr. Sharp was upstairs from us.
In my opinion, something paranormal happened in that stairway. I understand if you don’t believe my account. I’m the same way. Currently, I don’t believe humans have souls that live beyond physical death. But we’re made of energy, and I don’t think it’s too strange to think that somehow some of our energy might linger after we’re gone. Whatever the case may be, I think it’s worth looking into from an objective point of view. I’ll follow wherever the evidence I gather (or a lack of) leads.